Three persons who have allegedly been extorting various sums of money from traders due to be relocated to the Kumasi Racecourse Market have been arrested.
The three, two men and a female whose identity have been concealed, were arrested by officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Friday and handed over to the Suame Divisional Police Command for investigations.
They were among 10 people who were allegedly registering and extorting money from the traders within the central business district to the Racecourse on November 6 to enable contractors for the extension of Kejetia redevelopment project.
First phase of the 298-dollar million project consists of the redevelopment of the old Kejetia Terminal into a modern market with more than 10,000 stores and a crèche.
Public Relations officer of the KMA Godwin Okumah Nyame said they had information that some people were registering and extorting money from traders with the intention of allocating them a space at the Racecourse.
“Quickly, we sent our officials there and out of the ten people, they managed to arrest three of them. We have already put into the public domain that we are not charging any trader or transport operators before we allocate them space at Racecourse,” he said.
He said the police have launched investigation into the matter to ensure that, the seven others are brought to book.
Mr. Nyame cautioned the public especially traders against paying money to anyone to secure a place at the Racecourse Market, adding whoever will be caught extorting monies from the traders will be arrested and put before court.
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